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The 2025 Sydney Film Festival reminded me: there is nothing like a bunch of strangers assembling in the dark

In an era of the atomisation of viewing practices through streaming, increasingly short, self-produced videos for TikTok and YouTube, and the reduction of all audiovisual material to “content” for various “platforms”, there is something refreshing about a bunch of strangers assembling in a dark room to collectively watch a giant…

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Den of Thieves 2: Pantera review – Gerard Butler’s fun, flirty action bromance sequel

There’s an intriguing chemistry between the actor and the charming O’Shea Jackson Jr in another brash yet hugely entertaining Heat-aping thriller

The Guardian - US

German actor Nina Hoss: ‘London is more driven. In the theatre, people are full of positive energy’

The star of Homeland and Tár on performing In The Cherry Orchard at the Donmar, working with Cate Blanchett and acting in a second language

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Tár's Nina Hoss on making her stage debut in London: 'We Germans can't compete with British humour'

The great German actor talks about starring in a new revival of The Cherry Orchard, what Berlin could learn from London and how it felt to sing in front of 40,000 at Worthy Farm

Evening Standard

German Actress Nina Hoss To Star In Adventure Thriller

German actress Nina Hoss stars in adventure thriller The Other Side, directed by Mariko Minoguchi, showcasing her diverse acting range.

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Berlin film festival invites far-right politicians, drawing backlash

Industry professionals condemn invites to AfD which event organisers have downplayed as a bureaucratic necessity.

Al Jazeera

Afire review – slow-burning German drama about a self-absorbed writer

Pompous novelist Leon grapples with his difficult second book in Christian Petzold’s engaging tale of sexual tension and creativity in the shadow of the climate crisis

The Guardian - UK

From The Blackening to One Piece: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

Whether it’s a satirical spin on Black horror tropes or a fantasy based on Japan’s bestselling manga, our critics have you covered for the next seven days

The Guardian - UK

August movie preview: The 5 best films to watch in cinemas this month

Jacob Stolworthy runs through the top new movie releases to check out

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Passion and love get messy in Ira Sachs’ smoldering ‘Passages’

The new film “Passages” is centered on Tomas, a German living in France with his English husband Martin who begins an affair with a French woman, Agathe

The Independent UK

Ira Sachs wanted to make 'a film of intimacy.' It got him an NC-17 rating

Ira Sachs never set out to make an NC-17-rated film

The Independent UK

Movie Review: Tensions boil over in Christian Petzold’s haunting summer drama ‘Afire’

Fire is in the air this summer, literally, and at the movies

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Review: Few of this summer's movies burn as fiercely as Christian Petzold's 'Afire'

Leon (Thomas Schubert), the exasperated — and exasperating — young writer at the heart of the superb German drama "Afire," has a mesmerizingly punchable scowl. It's a scowl that rarely leaves your memory, since it so rarely leaves his features: a full-lipped mouth that hangs contemptuously half-open; eyes that glare…

The Guardian - UK

Streaming: Return to Seoul and the best films about homecoming

Davy Chou’s lovely drama about a young woman searching for her past follows in the footsteps of The Deer Hunter, Get Carter, Tiny Furniture and more

The Guardian - UK

Edinburgh film festival announces lineup after seeing off closure threat

Having survived the collapse of its parent organisation, the festival returns with a slimmed-down event

The Independent UK

Summer movie season is in full swing. Here's what's coming through Labor Day

There is something for everyone at the movies this summer, both in theaters and streaming at home

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Finland in 1944, Kurdish ghettos of Bonn, and January 6: the top 5 films at the Sydney Film Festival in 2023

Winter on Market Street, and it’s time to switch off one’s phone and retreat to the cinema cave for the 12 days of hibernation known as the Sydney Film Festival.

Los Angeles Times

5 filmmakers whose work you need to catch up on this summer

I often tell my film criticism students, as they prepare to review a new movie, that it's always helpful to familiarize yourself with a director's past work. That might sound like fairly obvious advice, but it's worth reinforcing for someone not accustomed to watching movies through the lens of auteurism,…

ABC News

Sydney Film Festival 2023 program: Highlights chosen by our film critics

In its 70th year, the festival program boasts almost 300 films — from international heavy hitters and award-winners to lesser-known gems and trailblazing debuts. Here are nine you can't miss.

Asharq Al-Awsat

French Documentary, Spanish Girl Clinch Top Prizes at Berlinale

The Berlin film festival on Saturday awarded its Golden Bear top prize to a documentary by French director Nicolas Philibert and its best acting award to an eight-year-old girl in what jury chief Kristen Stewart described as a "boundary-pushing" event. "On the Adamant", coming more than 20 years after Philibert's…

Bangkok Post

Berlin film fest to award prizes as stars return

BERLIN: The Berlin film festival awards its top prizes on Saturday, including the Golden Bear for best picture, after a star-studded run that highlighted freedom struggles in Iran and Ukraine.

The Guardian - UK

Afire (Roter Himmel) review – useless-author comedy-drama in saga of angst and lust

A gloomy writer and his friend are trapped with strangers in a Baltic holiday home in Christian Petzold’s tonally wayward tale

The Independent UK

For Cate Blanchett, Todd Fields’ ‘TÁR’ was 'undeniable'

Todd Field didn’t write "TÁR” with Cate Blanchett in mind

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